Rocca Family Vineyards

Rocca Family Vineyards
129 Devlin Road
Napa, California
USA 94558
Phone: 707. 257.8467
http://www.roccawines.com/

Contact: Mary Fran Rocca
Email: [email protected]

Our goal is to produce estate red wines that are full-flavored and expressive, yet velvety smooth and elegant. Our winemaker, Celia Welch Masyczek, has a track record based on over 20 years experience making wine for fine estates in Napa Valley: Silverado Vineyards, Staglin Family, Hartwell, Cornerstone, D. R. Stephens and others. Celia observes, “eighty percent of winemaking is in the vineyard—it takes a great site and balanced vines to make great wine. It can’t be done any other way.” For Rocca Family Wines, we farm for highest fruit quality, and Celia is integrally involved in the management of the vineyard to achieve that aim.

For me, winemaking has become an intuitive process. I constantly walk through the vineyards near harvest, tasting for flavor development and tannin maturity. I rarely bring my refractometer into the vineyard anymore.” Under her guidance, the fully ripened fruit is transformed into wine, with long, slow fermentations, frequent punchdowns, gentle pressing, and extended barrel ageing. The wines are bottled without fining and with minimal filtration. It’s a tightrope walk between gentle handling to avoid harshness, while vigorously extracting all the rich varietal character of the fruit. The Rocca Family Vineyard wines are a selection of the best fruit from our property every year.

Some of their wines are:
2006 Cabernet Sauvignon, Yountville, Napa Valley
2006 Syrah, Yountville, Napa Valley
2006 Bad Boy Red, Yountville, Napa Valley
2005 Cabernet Sauvignon, Yountville, Napa Valley
2005 Syrah, Yountville, Napa Valley
2005 Merlot, Yountville, Napa Valley
Past Vintages
2004 Cabernet Sauvignon, Yountville, Napa Valley
2005 Bad Boy Red, Yountville, Napa Valley
2003 Cabernet Sauvignon, Yountville, Napa Valley
2003 Syrah, Yountville, Napa Valley
2002 Cabernet Sauvignon, Yountville, Napa Valley
2001 Cabernet Sauvignon, Yountville, Napa Valley
1999 Rocca Syrah, Yountville, Napa Valley
2001 Syrah, Yountville, Napa Valley
2002 Syrah, Yountville, Napa Valley
2002 Merlot, Yountville, Napa Valley
2001 Merlot, Yountville, Napa Valley

Winemaker: Celia Welch Masyczek

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